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Parkwood Hills community members celebrate the grand opening of the new Inverness Park play structure.

New PCL Hard Hat Heroes fund gives back to Parkwood Hills

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Children in Ottawa’s Parkwood Hills now have a new play structure to enjoy, thanks to the PCL Hard Hat Heroes fund. An initiative between PCL

Spark members attend a networking event at Play Food & Wine.

Women drawn to “hands-on” charitable giving

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When it comes to charitable giving, more and more, donors want to know where their money is going and how it will make an impact.

PC leader Brown seeing red over high hydro rates

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High electricity costs brought on by government mismanagement are driving businesses out of Ontario, provincial Progressive Conservative Leader Patrick Brown told an audience at Ottawa

Local Golf Tournament Takes a Swing to Help Kids Grow Up

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The 7th Annual Help Kids Grow Up (HKGU) Charity Golf Tournament presented by GAL Power was held July 19th at the prestigious Eagle Creek Golf Club. This year’s

Pull up a chair: Ottawa, Gatineau mayors can now participate in NCC board meetings

City Hall

It’s official: Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson and his Gatineau counterpart can finally take part in NCC board meetings. The National Capital Commission’s board of directors

Ottawa’s downtown BIAs work to resolve border dispute

City Hall

Two sister groups are getting territorial about downtown commercial districts. Like siblings dividing up a bedroom, the ByWard Market BIA and the Downtown Rideau BIA

Ottawa’s Next Trade Mission to India

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By Bruce Lazenby, President and CEO, Invest Ottawa At the beginning of February, Invest Ottawa and a handful of local companies joined a delegation to

Doing good can be good for business

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How can you benefit your business by benefitting the community? Hydro Ottawa has found a way in its effort to reduce operational costs and paper

Mayor welcomes LRT spending in Ontario budget

City Hall

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson welcomed Thursday’s provincial budget, saying it “sets the stage for a continued partnership for making our community stronger in Ottawa.” “Stage

City of Ottawa closes 2015 with $42M deficit

City Hall

The City of Ottawa’s deficit may look bad, but staff say it’s not as bad as they thought. The city closed 2015 with a massive